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Title: FLOODPLAIN WITH AND WITHOUT LEVEES
Caption: Idealized diagram of (a) natural floodplain with wetlands. (b) Floodplain after channel is shortened and levees are constructed. Land behind levees is farmed, and wetlands are generally confined between the levees.
Keywords: streams, rivers, water, erosion, channels, meanders, meandering, floodplains, levees